Automobile body



Oct. 14, 1930. E. P. DU PONT 1,778,025

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Patented Oct. 14, 1930 ELEUTHERE PAUL DU FONT, OF MONTCHANIN, DELAWAREAUTOMOBILE Bony Application filed April 20,

My invention relates to an improvement in connection with automobilebodiesand more particularly toan improved structure for automobiledoors.

Certain types of closed automobile bodies are provided with a windshieldwhich is slanted backwardly in its upward extension :and with frontdoors,' the upper portions of which are provided with a slanting edgeadapted to fit into the forward door pillars, which are made to slopewith the windshield. 1 p In doors having a slanting edge the windowopening is ofirregular shape in that it provides only one verticalguiding edge for the window glass until the window is fully closed, withthe result that if the window be only partially closed it will beunsupported along its top and one edge and will rattle and be subjectedto breakage from vibration. In

" certain cases thedisadvantage of the structure described has beeneliminated by dividing the window opening'by means of a fixed postextending vertically parallel with the vertical edge of the windowopening and providing therewith aparallel guide for a window. In such astructure thespace between the dividing post and the forward door pillaris closed by means of a substantially triangular pane oi? glass fixed inplace. ture is essentially undesirable, since the divid- Such a strucingpost is of such size and is so positioned as to obstruct the vision ofthe driver.

Nowyin accordance with my invention I provide a structure of thecharacter indicated in which,however, the window in any position isfully supported and which will not operate to obstruct vision of thedriver.

Having now indicated in a general way, the nature and purpose of myinvention, I will proceed to a detailed description of apreterredembodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings in which1 is a partial side view of an automo' bilebody equipped with a frontdoor .em-

bodyiug my invention.

2 is a detailed view of the front door shown in Fig. 1. I I i is asectional view on line 3-3,

fiiormed by the strip 7.

1928. Serial nolznnas.

Inthe drawings a indicates an automobile body having a door pillar Z)and a forward door pillar 0 slanted rearwardly in its up ward. extensionand adapted to support a windshield and receive the upper portion of theforward edge of the front door (1, which is slanted to conform tothepillar c. The upper portion oi the door (Z is cut out to form a windowopening 0?, the rear portion of which is permanently closedby asubstantially triangular shaped pane of glass 6. The pane c ispositioned with its apex at the top of the window opening audits freeside is sloped parallel to the forward side of the, opening, whichslopes in parallelism to the forward edge of the door and pillar 0.

Below the lower edge of the window opening the sloping edge'oi' the panee is continued within the lower portion of the door '(Z by a metal stripf, which extends in parallelism with a window guide 9 extending withinthe lower portion of the door and forming a continuation of a windowguide It formed in the iorward side of the window opening.

The window opening a: is adapted to be closed by a window 1'; theforward edge of which is adapted to slidably engage in the guide 17).and its continuation g and to the rear edge of which is secured a guidemember j adapted to slidably engage the forward edge of pane and thecontinuation thereof The window is provided with any desired form ofraising and lowering device and, as will be understood, extends withinthe lower portion of the door when in lowered or partly loweredposition. I

It will nowbe noted that in accordance with my invention the vindow issupported from top to bottom alone its front and reargedges, in allpositions iroin fully open to fully closed, thus obviating any rattleand preventing the window from vibrating with resulting breakage; and itwill be further noted that the drivefis vision will be unob structed,since the guide member 7' is not onlyrelatively narrow, but ispositioned to the rear of the field of vision necessary in driving.

What I claim and desire to protect byLetters Patent is: v

1. In an automobile having a body pro Vided with upwardly and rearwardlyeittending pillars arranged to carrya wind-j shield, a door providedwith a window guide adjacent to and extending in substantially the samedirection as'one of the pillars, a pane mounted on the rear of the doorand having a forward edgeextendingin parallelism with the 'window'guide,and a window mounted for sliding movement along said guide and theforward edge of said pane.

2. In an automobile having a. body provided with upwardly and rearwardlyextending pillars arrangedto carry a windshield, a door provided with awindow guide adjaoent to and extending insubstantially thesame directionas one of the pillars, a

' pane mountedfon the rear of the door and 1 having a forward edgeextending in para le lelism with the window guide, and a window mountedfor'sliding movement along said guideand the forward edge of said pane,

said window carryinga member embracing the'forward edge ofthe pane.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, atWilmington, Del., on this 17th day of April, 1928.

' ELEUTHERE PAUL DU PON T.

